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DIY: Garden Chair

This spring we caught the gardening bug. Well, I caught the gardening bug, Danielle just re-potted a couple plants she already had. I picked out a few packets of herb seeds and started growing them out on our little patio. Since there are quite a few cats and squirrels running around our neighborhood, I’ve been looking for a way to get my little herbs off the ground. I also looked for something that could serve as a sort of trellis for the ivy Danielle has.

I like the idea of using a chair as a plant stand/trellis and painting it a fun color. This article at Apartment Therapy featured a chair planter that was really inspiring. I checked out Goodwill for old chairs that I could use for my project, but it was a new chair in the As Is section at Ikea that I ended up taking home. The Ivar chair was 30% off of the retail price of $19.99 because it was missing packaging, and because it is an unfinished wood chair it was perfect for my project. A tube of acrylic paint and an old t-shirt rounded out my supplies.

I wanted the paint job to look weathered, which is why I used cloth instead of a brush, and I was using a paint that was transparent enough to let the wood grain show through. I think it turned out pretty good! The bright color is also complimented by the colorful planters I picked up at Target to grow my herbs in.